Seat #70: Batman
Batman is a Labor seat in the inner north of Melbourne, covering the City of Darebin and some neighbouring areas, including the suburbs of Fairfield, Northcote, Thornbury, Preston, Reservoir and Kingsbury.
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Seat #69: Adelaide
Adelaide is a Labor seat covering the Adelaide CBD and nearby suburbs.
The ALP’s Kate Ellis has held the seat since she won it off the Liberal Party’s Trish Worth in 2004.
Seat #68: Braddon
Braddon is a Labor seat covering western Tasmania, with most of the population in the north-western corner of the state, including Burnie and Devonport.
Seat #67: Richmond
Richmond is a marginal Labor seat in northern NSW.
Seat #66: Barton
Barton is a Labor seat covering the St George and Canterbury areas, including Rockdale, Kogarah, Sans Souci, Kingsgrove, Arncliffe and Earlwood.
Seat #65: Werriwa
Werriwa is a Labor seat covering northern parts of the City of Campbelltown along with parts of the City of Liverpool, including the suburbs of Casula, Glenfield, Macquarie Fields, Ingleburn, Minto, St Andrews and Hoxton Park.
Seat #64: Bass
Bass is a Labor seat covering Launceston and the north-eastern corner of Tasmania.
The seat has a long history of being a key marginal seat, changing hands most recently in 2004 and 2007. Indeed Bass has had six members of Parliament since 1993.
Seat #63: Hindmarsh
Hindmarsh is a Labor seat in the western suburbs of Adelaide, held with a 6.1% margin.
Steve Georganas won the seat off the Liberal Party in 2007, but will be in for a fight to hold on in 2013.
Seat #62: Goldstein
Goldstein is a Liberal seat in the inner south of Melbourne, covering Sandringham, Brighton, Hampton, Beaumaris, Ormond and Bentleigh.
New minor parties popping up
Yesterday was the deadline for political parties to lodge an application to be registered in time for the federal election. Applications take at least three months, and must be concluded before the writs are issued in mid-August.